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Strengthening child protection systems in emergencies. JRS Education Slide2

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forcibly displaced persons education has a critical role in sustaining and saving their lives throughout a crisis…and has a preventive dimension, a future dividend, which stems from its power to support the development of reasoning, decision-making, self-esteem, and self-awareness…

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Education assists forcibly displaced persons to develop a daily routine which can bring with it a sense of normalcy and stability, and it affords an avenue to meaningfully use the time of

exile… JRS Education PaperSlide4

JRS Education Paper

It also provides a mechanism whereby the safety of children can be monitored and fostered, and it offers a means to build a better future for the individual and for his/her participation in whichever community a durable solution will eventually lead him/her...Slide5

10 Regions, 57 countries. More than 222,000 children, young people and adults benefited by JRS Education programs (formal and non formal).

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safety: schools give kids a safe place to be when their parents are occupied trying to work, get firewood etc. Syria, DRC.Teachers can monitor children for signs of neglect and abuse and arrange interventions. They can teach life skills that address some common threats to health and safety. DRCP

sychological well-being:   schools can aid in recovery from past trauma and give hope for the future. SyriaHow education and schools actually work

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chools can help protect girls from abuse such as through early marriage and give them alternatives, reducing dependence. DRCSchools can give children some protection from recruitment as child soldiers, and provide a preventative to anti-social

activities that arise from idleness. DRC - RwandaAdult education can restore dignity and hope, and give people potential access to livelihoods not otherwise available. DRC

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and numeracy prevent people from exploitation by the unscrupulous. DRCSpecial education is especially important to people with handicaps. JRS provides training in sign language for the deaf and similar skills for those with mental handicaps.  These programs both provide a sheltered environment for the disabled, who are too often subject to abuse, provide a sense of self-worth, and emphasize their dignity and capacities to the whole

community. SyriaHow education and schools actually work to protect?Slide11
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education programs include both refugee and local children, with parent’s associations involving both communities, schools can be a powerful influence in countering xenophobia and the protection challenges that arise from community tensions. DRCEducation is the only thing that we can give a refugee that no one can ever take away. This knowledge and self-awareness affords a dignity which in itself is a form of lifelong protection.

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Giving priority to Education in Emergencies = Protection of children. Education still receives the smallest share of humanitarian funding (2

%, in 2010). Education is not just Primary school.“Education activities are an important method of passing on not only academic knowledge, but also practical knowledge, awareness and life skills that can help children care for and protect themselves and their

peers”**Minimum standards for child protection in humanitarian action, 2012Recommendations